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“Environmental organizations cannot continue to allow fear to define workplaces for staff of color,” Jimenez said. “Unfortunately, in the case of Defenders of Wildlife, as with many other environmental organizations, the intimidation and culture of fear came directly from the top. Leadership of environmental organizations cannot on one hand say they want to diversify and on the other suppress the voices of their staff of color and prevent real action on diversity, inclusion, and racial equity.”

For Immediate Release: April 21, 2021Contact: Andrés Jimenez, ajimenez@diversegreen.org, 773-807-2181 Audubon Change in Leadership Opens Door for Opportunity Washington, D.C.— The Executive Director of Green 2.0, Andrés Jimenez, issued the following statement after the National Audubon Society CEO stepped down due to charges of “permitting an atmosphere marked by systemic racism, gender discrimination, intimidation and…

Statement from Executive Director Andres Jimenez on White House Discretionary Request. In response to the White House’s discretionary request to Congress Green 2.0 Executive Director Andres Jimenez said: “The FY22 White House discretionary request includes critical provisions to addressing racial inequity and environmental justice including a framework to ensure that 40% of all climate benefits reach…

F or Immediate Release: February 5, 2020Contact: Daniel Herrera, dherrera@rabengroup.com, 213-694-3353 Green 2.0 Report Finds NGOs Improving on Diversity, Foundations Still Hiding Data Twenty-six (26) foundations still negligent in reporting diversity data Washington, D.C — Green 2.0, an independent advocacy organization working to increase racial and ethnic diversity among environmental groups, released new data today on the…

For Immediate Release: September 17, 2019 Contact: Daniel Herrera, dherrera@rabengroup.com, 213-694-3353 Green 2.0 Announces Strategy to Further Drive Accountability and a Search for New Executive Director Washington, D.C. — The Board of Directors for Green 2.0, an independent advocacy campaign to increase the racial diversity among environmental organizations, have announced the approval and execution of…

For Immediate Release: January 29, 2019 Contact: Daniel Herrera, dherrera@rabengroup.com, 202-450-0263 Green 2.0 Updates Transparency Report Card with New Data and Participants Despite Additional Data, Overall Diversity Numbers for Environmental Movement Still Dismal (Washington, DC) – Green 2.0 has updated it second annual Transparency Report Card with new data from existing survey participants, and data from a new survey participant: Conservation…

Green 2.0 is heartened by the incredible response we have received from organizations, foundations and allies after our second annual Transparency Report Card was unveiled earlier this month. As in the previous year, we made every effort to contact each of the organizations and foundations months in advance to ensure their diversity data was reported…